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No end to more tragedies
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| Nipawin - Monday, October 28, 2002 - by: Mario deSantis | |||||||
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"He was dedicated to helping the little guy, in a business dominated by the big guys." |
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-Jeff Blodgett, Senator Wellstone's campaign manager |
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learn today that Russian Forces stormed the theater in Moscow where Chechen hostage
takers held some hundreds of captives. The death tolls is in the order of many dozens
among hostage takers and captives. To learn once again that people are willing to
commit acts of terrorism by killing themselves is an understanding that no dictatorial
or Fascist Big Brother government will have the power to curtail our liberties and
enforce the physical security of our lives. |
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photo by Sergi Karpukhin (Reuters) |
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 I also learn Saturday that Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone has
died in a plane crash. Senator Wellstone was fighting for reelection in these troubling
times and yet he listened to his heart as he was one of the few senators who voted
against a resolution authorizing President Bush to eventually wage a unilateral war
against Iraq. The balance of power has shifted lately too much on behalf of the few
and privileged and there will be the need of more Wellstones to counter the private
interests to wage wars at home and abroad. |
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photo by Andy King (Reuter) |
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| Hostages die in Moscow operation, CNN, October 26, 2002 | |||||||
| The Chechen War Comes Home, by Yevgenia Albats, The New York Times, October 26, 2002 | |||||||
| Wellstone Killed in Crash, Clouding Fight Over Senate, by Jodi Wilgoren, The New York Times, October 26, 2002 | |||||||
| Statement about Paul Wellstone. Paul Wellstone was one of a kind. He was a man of principle and conviction, in a world that has too little of either. He was dedicated to helping the little guy, in a business dominated by the big guys. We who had the privilege of working with him hope that he will be remembered as he lived every day: as a champion for people. His family was the center of his life and it breaks our hearts that his wife of 39 years and his daughter Marcia were with him. Our prayers are with Mark and David and the grandchildren he and Sheila cherished so much. | |||||||
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